diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java
index 475317e004..e6399ca8d0 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java
@@ -1567,16 +1567,16 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T7
 
     @Test
     public void testFetchResultSetValue() throws Exception {
-        assertEquals(1, create().fetchValue(
-            create().fetchLazy("select 1 from " + TBook().getName() + " where " + TBook_ID() + " = 1").resultSet()));
+        assertEquals("1", "" + create().fetchValue(
+            create().fetchLazy("select 1 from " + TBook().getName() + " where " + TBook_ID().getName() + " = 1").resultSet()));
         assertEquals("1", create().fetchValue(
-            create().fetchLazy("select 1 from " + TBook().getName() + " where " + TBook_ID() + " = 1").resultSet(),
+            create().fetchLazy("select 1 from " + TBook().getName() + " where " + TBook_ID().getName() + " = 1").resultSet(),
             String.class));
         assertEquals("1", create().fetchValue(
-            create().fetchLazy("select 1 from " + TBook().getName() + " where " + TBook_ID() + " = 1").resultSet(),
+            create().fetchLazy("select 1 from " + TBook().getName() + " where " + TBook_ID().getName() + " = 1").resultSet(),
             SQLDataType.VARCHAR));
         assertEquals("1", create().fetchValue(
-            create().fetchLazy("select 1 from " + TBook().getName() + " where " + TBook_ID() + " = 1").resultSet(),
+            create().fetchLazy("select 1 from " + TBook().getName() + " where " + TBook_ID().getName() + " = 1").resultSet(),
             TBook_TITLE()));
     }
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PlainSQLTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PlainSQLTests.java
index 333d4018ca..48c142817e 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PlainSQLTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PlainSQLTests.java
@@ -433,9 +433,9 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T7
 
     @Test
     public void testPlainSQLFetchValue() throws Exception {
-        assertEquals(1, create().fetchValue("select 1 from " + TBook().getName() + " where " + TBook_ID() + " = 1"));
-        assertEquals(1, create().fetchValue("select ? from " + TBook().getName() + " where " + TBook_ID() + " = 1", 1));
-        assertEquals(1, create().fetchValue("select {0} from {1} where {2} = 1", val(1), TBook(), TBook_ID()));
+        assertEquals(1, ((Number) create().fetchValue("select 1 from " + TBook().getName() + " where " + TBook_ID().getName() + " = 1")).intValue());
+        assertEquals(1, ((Number) create().fetchValue("select ? from " + TBook().getName() + " where " + TBook_ID().getName() + " = 1", 1)).intValue());
+        assertEquals(1, ((Number) create().fetchValue("select {0} from {1} where {2} = 1", val(1), TBook(), TBook_ID())).intValue());
     }
 
     @Test